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DNA fragmentation, gliosis and histological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease.
Acta neuropathologica - 1 Dec 2000
Overmyer M, Kraszpulski M, Helisalmi S, Soininen H, Alafuzoff I
Abstract excerpt
The extent of DNA fragmentation analysed using the TUNEL technique was evaluated in post-mortem human brain tissue. Twenty-four patients with clinical and histopathological diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and a short post-mortem delay were analysed. We report an increase in the count of TUNEL-labelled cells as the pathology of AD intensifies. Our results point out a significant correlation between...
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